December 1, 2011

Butch is nominated for a Grammy

Butch is nominated for a Grammy at the 54th Grammy Awards to be held on February 12, 2012. He is in the “Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical” category and up against Danger Mouse, Paul Epworth, The Smeezingtons and Ryan Tedder.

Between them they have produced the following albums and singles.

Danger Mouse
Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi Present Rome (Gilda Buttá, Luciano Ciccaglioni, Gegé Munari, Dario Rosciglione, Antonello Vannucchi et al) (A)
Meyrin Fields EP (Broken Bells) (S)

Paul Epworth
Call It What You Want (Foster The People) (T)
I Would Do Anything For You (Foster The People) (T)
I’ll Be Waiting (Adele) (T)
Life On The Nickel (Foster The People) (T)
No One’s Gonna Love You (Cee-Lo Green) (S)
Rolling In The Deep (Adele) (T)

The Smeezingtons
Doo-Wops & Hooligans (Bruno Mars) (A)
If I Was You (OMG) (Far East Movement Featuring Snoop Dogg) (T)
Lighters (Bad Meets Evil Featuring Bruno Mars) (T)
Mirror (Lil Wayne Featuring Bruno Mars) (T)
Rocketeer (Far East Movement Featuring Ryan Tedder of One Republic) (T)

Ryan Tedder
Brighter Than The Sun (Colbie Caillat) (T)
Favorite Song (Colbie Caillat Featuring Common) (T)
I Remember Me (Jennifer Hudson) (T)
I Was Here (Beyoncé) (T)
Not Over You (Gavin DeGraw) (S)
#1Nite (One Night) (Cobra Starship) (S)
Rumour Has It (Adele) (T)
Sweeter (Gavin DeGraw) (T)
Who’s That Boy (Demi Lovato Featuring Dev) (T)

Butch Vig
Wasting Light (Foo Fighters) (A)

Vig co-produced 21st Century Breakdown by Green Day which won Best Rock Album in 2009 and he could once again be celebrating as the Foo Fighters have been nominated in a number of categories all related to material produced by Butch.

Wasting Light is nominated for ‘Album of the Year’ and ‘Best Rock Album’ while the single ‘Walk‘ (taken from Wasting Light) is in the ‘Best Rock Performance’, ‘Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance’ and ‘Best Rock Song’. But that’s not all when it comes to the Foos… ‘Rope‘ is in the ‘Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical’ for the Deadmau5 Mix while Back & Forth is nominated in ‘Best Long Form Music Video’.

A list of full nominations can be seen on the Grammys website.

Tour Dates

Date DD/MM/YY City Tickets
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Tue, March 18 2025 Buenos Aires
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